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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Nabokov always had difficulty doing?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Eating.
(c) Speaking in public.
(d) Writing.

2. What mystifies the two boys about Mademoiselle?
(a)
(b) She reads many novels to the boys, all in French, with a smooth, gentle voice.
(c) She has children that visit her once a month, but she never allows the two boys to play with her children.
(d) She is kind most of the timea but can easily lose her temper.

3. How does Mr. Cummings influence Nabokov's scientific drawings of butterflies?
(a) He is Nabokov's science instructor.
(b) He is Nabokov's butterfly instructor.
(c) He is Nabokov's drawing instructor.
(d) He is Nabokov's botanist.

4. To what simple rule does Nabokov's mother ascribe?
(a) Follow the Golden Rule.
(b) Love with all your soul and leave the rest to fate.
(c) Be honest and things will go your way.
(d) Love your neighbors as yourself.

5. Soon, the string of nurses transforms into what?
(a) A string of governesses.
(b) A string of teachers.
(c) A string of surgeons.
(d) A string of doctors.

Short Answer Questions

1. After his father's death, to where does Nabokov's widowed mother move?

2. How many children do the Nabokovs eventually have?

3. What does Nabokov reveal about his mind?

4. To what is Nabokov's mother quite sensitive?

5. What do both Vladimir's writings on technical matters as well as philosophical have in common?

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